Pilcha פלחא
Pilcha (פלחא) is a person named in the Tanakh — Pilha. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 6,981 sequences of Pilcha, the shortest at skip 4 (Genesis 43:3); chance alone would give about 6,940.
- Found in the Torah
- 6,981
- Chance alone
- 6,940
- P (≥ found)
- 0.31
- Shortest skip
- 4
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
6,981 sequences of פלחא at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 6,940 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 4 — the first at Genesis 43:3, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 73,857 sequences of פלחא, against about 72,316 from chance alone.
- Genesis 1,859
- Exodus 1,320
- Leviticus 1,048
- Numbers 1,962
- Deuteronomy 792
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו יְהוּדָה לֵאמֹר הָעֵד הֵעִד בָּנוּ הָאִישׁ לֵאמֹר לֹֽא־תִרְאוּ פָנַי בִּלְתִּי אֲחִיכֶם אִתְּכֶֽם
And Judah spoke unto him, saying: ‘The man did earnestly forewarn us, saying: Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 65,160Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם־אֵינְךָ מְשַׁלֵּחַ לֹא נֵרֵד כִּֽי־הָאִישׁ אָמַר אֵלֵינוּ לֹֽא־תִרְאוּ פָנַי בִּלְתִּי אֲחִיכֶם אִתְּכֶֽם
but if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down, for the man said unto us: Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 65,247Open in the laboratory →
וְעָשָׂה הַכֹּהֵן אֶחָד לְחַטָּאת וְאֶחָד לְעֹלָה וְכִפֶּר עָלָיו מֵאֲשֶׁר חָטָא עַל־הַנָּפֶשׁ וְקִדַּשׁ אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַהֽוּא
And the priest shall prepare one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, and make atonement for him, for that he sinned by reason of the dead; and he shall hallow his head that same day.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 197,487Open in the laboratory →
וַתַּהַר הָאִשָּׁה וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתֵּרֶא אֹתוֹ כִּי־טוֹב הוּא וַֽתִּצְפְּנֵהוּ שְׁלֹשָׁה יְרָחִֽים
And the woman conceived, and bore a son; and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 79,084Open in the laboratory →
יָאֵר יְהוָה פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וִֽיחֻנֶּֽךָּ
The LORD make His face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee;
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 198,241Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
24,315 sequences of פלחא at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 24,695 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 1,859
- Exodus 1,320
- Leviticus 1,048
- Numbers 1,962
- Deuteronomy 847
- Joshua 700
- Judges 802
- Samuel 1,941
- Kings 1,651
- Isaiah 1,353
- Jeremiah 1,156
- Ezekiel 1,635
- The Twelve 893
- Psalms 1,725
- Proverbs 803
- Job 1,138
- Song of Songs 154
- Ruth 35
- Lamentations 163
- Ecclesiastes 206
- Esther 216
- Daniel 551
- Ezra–Nehemiah 548
- Chronicles 1,609
Outside the Torah
מֵעֹצֶר וּמִמִּשְׁפָּט לֻקָּח וְאֶת־דּוֹרוֹ מִי יְשׂוֹחֵחַ כִּי נִגְזַר מֵאֶרֶץ חַיִּים מִפֶּשַׁע עַמִּי נֶגַע לָֽמוֹ
By oppression and judgment he was taken away, And with his generation who did reason? For he was cut off out of the land of the living, For the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 629,766Open in the laboratory →
וְהוּא מְחֹלָל מִפְּשָׁעֵנוּ מְדֻכָּא מֵעֲוֺנֹתֵינוּ מוּסַר שְׁלוֹמֵנוּ עָלָיו וּבַחֲבֻרָתוֹ נִרְפָּא־לָֽנוּ
But he was wounded because of our transgressions, He was crushed because of our iniquities: The chastisement of our welfare was upon him, And with his stripes we were healed.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 629,605Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁפֹּךְ עָלָיו חֵמָה אַפּוֹ וֶעֱזוּז מִלְחָמָה וַתְּלַהֲטֵהוּ מִסָּבִיב וְלֹא יָדָע וַתִּבְעַר־בּוֹ וְלֹא־יָשִׂים עַל־לֵֽב
Therefore He poured upon him the fury of His anger, And the strength of battle; And it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not, And it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 618,404Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
פלחא — the Tanakh's own spelling: Pilha. Searched as פלחא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 119.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Nehemiah 10:25. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Pilcha appear in the Torah codes?
6,981 sequences of פלחא at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 6,940 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Pilcha in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading forward from Genesis 43:3 — the shortest of 6,981 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 6,940.
How is Pilcha spelled in Hebrew?
Pilcha is spelled פלחא — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 119.
Is Pilcha in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
24,315 sequences of פלחא at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 24,695 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
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